Part of the email sent to previous Comic Con ticket buyers announcing the beginning of the presale period for 2014 tickets. (Screenshot / Daniel J. Schneider)

This year there will be 500 “Speed Passes” which allow holders first access to the Con each morning and head-of-the-line privileges for events and signings all weekend. 300 will be available for presale.

From the email:

Tickets go on sale on Monday, December 2nd at noon (MST) to the general public. We are giving you a five day heads up on buying and the first chance at the 3 Day Adult, Child, and the new Speed Passes.

300 Speed Passes will go on sale during the Presale, after that the remaining 200 will go on sale on Monday to the public.

Google has truly outdone itself with their doodle in honor of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.

Available in some parts of the world — it hasn’t yet hit the U.S. Google homepage yet — the “Whodle” is an 8-bit interactive game that users play as the Doctor of their choice. The mission? Dodge Daleks, Cybermen and other obstacles to retrieve letters and spell the word “Google.”

It’s currently available on a handful of Google sites, including Google New Zealand. And it’s addictive. As in you-will-suddenly-lose-hours-of-that-wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey-stuff-to-this-game kind of addictive. I don’t want to give too much away here, so I’ll just link to it and send you on your way.

A young Batman confronts the Riddler at 2013’s Denver Comic Con. Photo by John Leyba, The Denver Post.

The 2014 Denver Comic Con will feature celebrity guests from the original “Star Trek” series, “The Walking Dead” and “Power Rangers” as well as comic book artists from “Sandman,” “The Avengers” and “Batman and Robin,” organizers announced Wednesday.

Unlike 2013’s installment, the first round of 2014 guest announcements includes no mainstream stars. Last year organizers announced Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee early on and replaced him with “Star Trek” favorite William Shatner when Lee canceled the week before the event.

Here’s Wilson, in the Times, on what to expect from the new Muslim “Ms. Marvel”:

Ms. Wilson said the series was “about the universal experience of all American teenagers, feeling kind of isolated and finding what they are.” Though here, she adds, that happens “through the lens of being a Muslim-American” with superpowers.